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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Ratha Sapthami purappadu 2019 # Chandra prabhai @ thiruvallikkeni

First Man is a 2018
American biographical drama film directed by Damien Chazelle and written by
Josh Singer starring Ryan Gosling alongside Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle
Chandler, Corey Stoll, and others.First
Man had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, and was theatrically
released in the United States in Oct 2018, by Universal Pictures. Wonder its
relevance here !!

Today, 12th Feb 2o19 (29thday of Thai masam) isRatha Sapthami.Ratha means chariot. Sapthami is a thithi in
a lunar month falling on the 7thday of both sukla and Krishna paksha.Ratha Sapthami also Surya Jayanthi is
celebrated on 7thday after Thai
Amavasai-Shukla paksha (waxing phase of
moon)dedicated to God Surya.

The Moon (or Luna) is the
Earth’s only natural satellite – considered to have beenformed 4.6 billion years ago around some
30–50 million years after the formation of the solar system. The Moon is in
synchronous rotation with Earth meaning the same side is always facing the
Earth.In reality both sides of the Moon
see the same amount of sunlight however only one face of the Moon is ever seen
from Earth. This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly
the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always
facing the Earth.

Though our moon is alone
– there are many more of other planets. Jupiter's moon Europa doesn't look like
a particularly inviting place for life to thrive; the icy satellite is nearly
500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from the sun, on average – beneath
its icy crust lies a liquid ocean with more water than Earth contains. Away in
USA, for two years, the Trump
administration has made various noises about returning humans to the Moon.
There have been bill signings with Apollo astronauts such as Buzz Aldrin and
Harrison Schmitt. Vice President Mike Pence has traveled to NASA facilities
around the country to make speeches; and the president himself has mused about
the Moon and Mars. However, beyond talk of returning humans to the Moon, much
of the country's civil space policy and budgeting priorities really hadn't
changed much until late last week. On Thursday, NASA released a broad agency
announcement asking the US aerospace industry for its help to develop large
landers that, as early as 2028, would carry astronauts to the surface of the
Moon.

Private companies have
been eagerly awaiting this solicitation since the Trump administration
announced its return to the Moon. NASA will
hold an "industry day" in Washington, DC, to answer questions about
these solicitations. While this was not unexpected, it is nonetheless
significant that the agency is now moving forward with its plans to actually
put humans on the Moon, with uncrewed demonstration missions coming as early as
2024.

Moon has enamoured mankind
for ages – in our literature and in Divyaprabhandnam too, there is mention of
moon in many a places.Moon is
characterised as a cool, pleasant one.On
Ratha Sapthami day – in the evening Sri Parthasarathi Perumal had purappadu in cool Chandra prabhai.

With regards – S.
Sampathkumar.

PS:The first
man to set foot on the Moon in 1969 was Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11
mission, while the last man to walk on the Moon in 1972 was Gene Cernan on the
Apollo 17 mission. Since then the Moon has only be visited by unmanned
vehicles. All the 12 to set foot on man have been American
males. There was another man – Michael Collins for whom it was so
near and yet so far. He flew into space twice but stayed in orbit around the Moon, Neil
Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to make the first manned
landing on its surface. He is one of 24 people to have flown to the Moon.

First
Man is a 2018 American biographical drama film based on the book First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong by James R.
Hansen, the film stars Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong.Steven Spielberg is an executive
producer.The project was originally
announced in 2003, with Clint Eastwood slated to direct. After that rendition
fell though, Chazelle, Gosling and Singer all signed on by 2015, and principal
photography began in Atlanta, Georgia in Nov 2017.It had two nominations for Best Supporting Actress
(Foy) and Best Original Score (winning the latter) at the 76th Golden Globe
Awards and seven nominations at the 72nd British Academy Film Awards.